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One of the hotter guys at the pool event suggests that next year we wear name tags. Good idea!

In case anyone was wondering, I did get the job done, but it wasn't fun.

The Angels played Houston in Anaheim this weekend, and I found myself rooting for rookie Jeremy Pena, making his big league debut. He is the son of a former major leaguer. https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Astros-rookie-Jeremy-Pena-bio-learn-more-shortstop-17065034.php

I bought tickets to see Our Town at the South Coast Repertory Theater in May. While perusing their website, I learned things about Thornton Wilder: It’s not exaggerating to call Thornton Wilder a Renaissance Man. Where to start chronicling his remarkable and varied career provides a challenge to anyone seeking to wrap their minds around how much Wilder (1897-1975) accomplished in his 78 years. SCR commemorates the 125th birthday of this Renaissance Man by producing his seminal work Our Town, which runs May 7-June 4 on the Segerstrom Stage. SCR is the only Southern California theatre producing one of Wilder’s works this year. To commemorate Wilder’s 125th birthday, more than 150 productions of his plays go on stage worldwide. This includes a new Broadway production of The Skin of Our Teeth and a first-ever staging of Wilder’s unfinished play The Emporium at Alley Theater in Houston. Along with that, the Thornton Wilder Library is releasing a new edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey and special Thornton Wilder Library editions of all his novels and major plays. On April 27, a short documentary, Thornton Wilder: It’s Time will premiere at Lincoln Center Theater, the site of the Broadway revival of The Skin of Our Teeth. That documentary, featuring rarely seen footage of Wilder, along with interviews with Mia Farrow, the late playwright A.R. Gurney and others, will be made available free online. On Tuesday, May 3, the Library of America will host Our Town for Our Time: How Thornton Wilder’s Play Speaks to a changing America and Around the Globe. The online conversation, which features a conversation with theatre director Michel Hausmann, Sorbonne University professor Julie Vatain-Corfdi and Tappan Wilder, the author’s nephew and literary executor, is free. Register here. The celebration of Wilder’s 125th birthday honors one of the most decorated men of letters of the 20th century. But Wilder was more than a playwright, more than a novelist. There’s the three Pulitzer Prizes: two in Drama for Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth and one in Fiction for The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Wilder remains the only American writer to win Pulitzers in two different categories.There’s the proficiency in four languages. There’s the teaching career at the University of Chicago and Harvard. There’s the screenwriting career, where Wilder wrote the first draft of Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Shadow of a Doubt. He wrote the libretto for Paul Hindemith’s The Long Christmas Dinner and Alcestiad by Louise Talma, which was based on Wilder’s play. And there’s the man who served his country as a decorated officer for the Army Air Force Intelligence Department during World War II. Even Tappan Wilder finds himself running out of verbal real estate trying to encompass Wilder’s overall contribution to the arts. “Wilder was a man of many parts: most people know him as a playwright and a novelist, but he was also an actor, translator, educator, lecturer, musician, lyricist, screenwriter, and the list goes on,” Wilder said. “Constantly experimenting with form, he wrestled with the questions of the cosmos, of what it means to be human. With the celebration of the 125th anniversary of his birth, we’re putting him back together. It’s a moment to celebrate the depth and breadth of his work, as well as his legacy—his influence on the writers of today.”

OMG! This guy thinks highly of his services. AVOID! AVOID! Don't hire a confident, muscular guy! Unless you are attracted to him and think he is well worth the money. But isn't that true of any escort?

It strikes me that this guy believes he provides a top quality massage and is charging for that. No one is forced to accept his terms.

My thanks to @Oliverfor hosting the pool event, and to @Epigonosfor the good job on the food. Yes, I ate the eggs! It was nice meeting fellow posters too!

The Netflix documentary is written about in today's NY Post. https://nypost.com/2022/04/11/sex-and-discrimination-sunk-abercrombie-fitch-netflix-doc/

@FrankR Thanks for the info in that thread. The thread is, however, closed to new posts, so I am trying again here.

I don't mean Meals on Wheels or fast food delivered I am speaking of sites Like HomeChef or Blue Apron. What was your experience with them? I was signing up for Blue Apron. They gave me a list of things to select whether I ate them or no. So I unselected fish and seafood. Then they presented their choice of meals for me. It was all fish and seafood! So I went back, starting over, and unselected fish and seafood. My meals then popped up and were the same ones- fish and seafood. I canceled. These sites often give big discounts to new clients. I am looking for a good one that does not require me to prepare the meal. I want heat and serve! HomeChef I had to prepare. Blue Apron was going to be heat and serve.

I got the appropriate tax forms from irs.gov.

No understudy will take over, according to the NY Post. The show is shutdown. At least for now. https://nypost.com/2022/04/07/sarah-jessica-parker-tests-positive-for-covid-19-plaza-suite-shut-down/

I didn't really figure it out as I cannot access the tax worksheets now. They did not ask me for other deductions, nor did they ask me if had paid estimated taxes. So the info is wrong and I can't fix it! This will be the last time for Cash App.

I finally figured out Cash App. There are some holes in their questions so the returns are not really complete.

Credit Karma made it easy for me to do my taxes last year, but they turned that feature over to Cash App. You have to scan one of those QR things to download it, and I don't know how to do that. Or apparently you can get the app from the Google store? But then, who wants to do their taxes on their phone? I don't. So, HELP!! time is running!

HBOMax has both the original and the new versions of WSS.

My Costco is down to 5.15 gal. yesterday. Sam's Club was a penny more.

Jerrod Carmichael hosted Saturday Night Live last week and I saw his monologue, where he talked about his HBOMax show, mentioning that he came out as gay in the show. So I watched it tonight. It's called Rothaniel. If he explained why, I didn't get it. The show is not a comedy performance. It's more akin to what happens in a psychologist's office, where the audience is the psychologist and Jerrod the patient, talking at length about his life trauma. His father and grandfathers were serial philanderers. It was sad to hear of the conflicts he felt about this. Then the coming out is more about those who didn't accept it rather than those who did. His mother is a Christian and can't really accept it. His father says now they both were screwups. It goes on, but there are many long pauses. The audience occasionally plays their role, chipping in with appropriate psychologist questions. So I watched it all but never really liked it. The use of the n-word is quite common, which I don't understand, but then I guess I don't have to.

The Wall Street journal today has recommendations for Las Vegas. It's behind a paywall though. Here's a hint (sorry you have to scroll a lot) A Guide to Las Vegas, From Top Steakhouses to Hidden Cocktail Bars Penn Jillette and other locals share their favorite shows, restaurants and hotels, plus desert hikes and hockey games WANNA BET Circa Resort and Casino opened in downtown Las Vegas in fall 2020. By Mike Jordan / Photographs Mikayla Whitmore for the Wall Street Journal April 6, 2022 2:57 pm ET WHEN IT COMES TO HOSPITALITY, the reputation of Las Vegas has been hard to beat since its founding in 1905. The famous Nevada desert town has proven resilient despite the brutal beating it took in 2020—when heavy losses in the gambling, entertainment and convention businesses gave the state the unenviable distinction of topping all others in terms of lost jobs for much of the year. Development has continued along Las Vegas Boulevard, including Resorts World, which opened last year as the Strip’s first new megacasino in a decade. Smart money wouldn’t bet against a big Sin City tourism rebound and visitors willing to venture beyond the Strip will find the biggest rewards. “The best shows, restaurants and places to go may not be on the billboards,” advises magician Penn Jillette, who has lived in Las Vegas since 1994. Here, Mr. Jillette and three other desert dwellers share their favorite insidery spots. Magic Mountains, an outdoor art installation by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, is about 20 miles from the Las Vegas Strip and one of magician Penn Jillette’s favorite local attractions. The Mac King Comedy Magic Show: I think Mac’s the best comedy magician alive in the world. He plays in the afternoon at the Excalibur. Whatever else you’re doing, grab a 3 p.m. show with Mac. I guarantee you will thank me. 3850 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Edo Gastro Tapas & Wine: I’m vegan; I’m a nut. The chef there, Oscar, is from Spain. I brought one of the best-known magicians in Spain, Jandro, over there, and he couldn’t believe a restaurant this good is in a strip mall. 3400 S Jones Blvd., #11A Sambalatte: Teller and I write our shows at this cafe on S. Jones Blvd. If you like to see small limber people from other countries eating salads and drinking huge amounts of coffee, it’s the place to be. 6555 S. Jones Blvd. #100 Seven Magic Mountains: It’s an outdoor art exhibit. I think some nut went to the middle of the desert, built gigantic boulders, then painted them unnatural colors. S. Las Vegas Blvd. Oscar’s Steakhouse inside the Plaza Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas. The Writer’s Block: It’s an artsy bookstore-slash-coffee shop downtown, with an outstanding book selection. It’s part of the city’s growing cultural evolution. 519 S. 6th St., Ste.100 Oscar’s Steakhouse: Oscar’s is at the Plaza Hotel, which is built on the site of the old railroad depot. The steakhouse is inspired by our former Mayor Oscar Goodman, a defense attorney for the mob. 1 Main St. Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: It’s one of the earliest ranches in the Las Vegas area. Later it became a divorce ranch. Nevada was a place where people would go to get a no-questions-asked divorce in the ‘30s and ‘40s. It’s now a city park with historic buildings, walking areas, shade trees and large ponds where people go fishing. 9200 Tule Springs Rd. The Smith Center for the Performing Arts: It’s become a cultural gathering place, with art-deco-inspired architecture patterned after Hoover Dam. 361 Symphony Park Ave. Valley of Fire State Park, a favorite outdoor spot of chef Sheridan Su’s. ‘It’s almost like you’re on Mars.’ The Chef: Sheridan Su Owner and chef, Fat Choy and Every Grain Valley of Fire State Park: I love going out there. Once you’re there, the entire scenery is red. It’s almost like you’re on Mars. It’s super cool. 29450 Valley of Fire Hwy., Overton Izakaya Go: You can get really premium quality fish at a really affordable price. I would buy a whole fish on the specials menu. They will cut it up sashimi style. And once you’re done with the plate they’ll take the bones and make a beautiful miso soup out of it, all for under 20 bucks. 3775 Spring Mountain Rd. PublicUs: It’s like a European-style canteen, very hip and modern. Everything is made in-house, and the breads are just amazing. My favorite is the blueberry scone. It’s crazy good. 1126 E Fremont St. The Vegas Golden Knights: I’ve never been into hockey, but the first time I went to a game I was blown away. I couldn’t believe how much fun I had. The energy is amazing. 3780 S Las Vegas Blvd. The Las Vegas Strip in March 2022. The Nevada desert town, which took heavy losses in its gambling, entertainment and convention business in 2020, is proving resilient. The Athlete: Brandi Rodgers Defensive tackle for the Sin City Trojans football team Las Vegas Aviators Game: Our minor league baseball team under the Oakland A’s, they don’t get enough love. They’re just great, and in the summer offseason they have movies on the field for locals. 1650 S Pavilion Center Dr. The Mob Museum: In 2002, the mayor at the time conceived the idea of this 1933 historic building becoming a museum focused on organized crime and law enforcement, with a hidden speakeasy in the basement. They make their own moonshine. Get a Bee’s Knees or a Southside. 300 Stewart Ave. Stacks N Yolks: They have pancakes as big as saucers, and their hot chocolate is like Willy Wonka style. 3200 N Jones Blvd. Elara Center Strip Las Vegas: It’s somewhat of a timeshare-type hotel, hidden right off the Miracle Mile, central to everything. Rooms are gorgeous. King Suites come with a projector screen. One-bedroom King Suites from $332 a night Oscar's Steakhouse, named for the city’s former mayor Oscar Goodman, a defense attorney for the mob. ‘He became the mayor of Las Vegas for three terms and was, in part, responsible for all of this downtown redevelopment,’ said historian Geoff Schumaker. Circa Resort and Casino in downtown Las Vegas, a haven for sports enthusiasts. The resort contains a stadium-seated betting section with giant TV monitors, a rooftop casino and 24-hour heated pools. Sheridan Su, chef of the city’s Fat Choy and Every Grain restaurants, recommends Izakaya Go on Spring Mountain Road for good quality fish at affordable prices. Pictured here, Izakaya Go’s tonkotsu ramen and salmon ikura roll. Velveteen Rabbit, in the Las Vegas Arts District, has a pink outdoor patio and unusual cocktails, including the Poppy (at right) made with bourbon, apple brandy and ginger-turmeric syrup, among other ingredients. A Vegas Golden Knights hockey game at the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip. ‘The first time I went to a game I was blown away,’ said Mr. Su.’The energy is amazing.’ Plus, Don’t Miss... Velveteen Rabbit: The vibe at this Arts District cocktail den’s basement lounge—with pink floral patio mural and seasonal cocktails—makes it a mandatory stop for impressive, unique drinks. 1218 S Main St. The Shops at Crystals: Opened in late 2009, this high-end retail complex has colorful and angular architecture, and more than 50 luxury brands, from Tiffany & Co. to Tom Ford. 3720 S Las Vegas Blvd. Resorts World: This 59-story building is the Strip’s newest and one of the most expensive hotel/casinos ever, with more than 3,500 rooms, upscale dining, an 117,000-square-foot casino and a gigantic LED exterior screen display. 3000 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Circa Resort and Casino: Old-school meets new school at this sports-lover’s dream gambling establishment, which contains a stadium-seated betting section with enormous TV monitors, a rooftop casino and 24-hour, year-round heated pools. From about $71 a night, 8 Fremont St.

Oh, no! Someone doesn't like gay cookies! https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-greg-kelly-oreos-ad-coming-out-to-family-do-not-like-gay-cookies-20220406-bivpwk6vebb6jfeduhscini5ea-story.html Who the fuck is Greg Kelly? So he and I both don't like Oreos???

That's as good a reason as any!

Wouldn't it also be likely that SJP also has it?

Oreo cookie company, Nabisco, has released a short film by Alice Wu called The Note. In it, a gay Asian man prepares to tell his mother that he is gay. I confess that the film was a bit befuddling as I didn't quite get the relationship with the young woman helping him. But, it does seem like a good-hearted film: See for yourself at this link:

I just signed up for HBO Max and am amazed at all of the movies they offer. Any recommendations?

I am attracted to less than 1% of the men I see. Is that normal for a gay man?